Improvement in corn-flanters



' W. M. ME YER S.

Corn Planter.

Patented Sept- 20', 1870 amt sale th t an a WILLIAM MI. MEYERYS; OF, NEW RUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY.

Letters Patent-N0. 107,520, dated September 20,1870,

iMPROVEMIlNT m eomv rnsmrens The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent-and making part of the'same thereof, which will enable. others skilled in the art to make-and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing tion, in which- Figure 1 is atop view of my improvedmachine', the

upper part of the middle hopper being removed.

Figure 2 is a detail vertical section of the same, taken'through -the line a: 9;, fig. 1.-

Figure 3 is a detail vertical section of one of the hoppers, taken through the liney y, fig. 1. v

This invention relates to improvements in cornplanters, and consists in a peculiar arrangement of parts for adjusting the hoppers higher or lower, and in the provision or arrangement of a hand-wheel, for the purpose of adjusting the seed-wheels.

A arethe drive-wheels, which revolve upon the journals of the axle B.

To the axle B are rigidly attached the rear parts of the bar 0, their-ear ends of which'are connected by a cross-bar, D, to furnish a support for the seat E;

To the forward ends of the bars 0 is attaehe'd'the branched rear end of the tongue F, so that the tongue and axle may be rigidly connected to form the frame of the machine.

'To the sides of the forward ends of the bars 0 are pivoted the forward ends of the bars or" arms G, through holes in the rear ends of which the shaft H passes and revolves.

To the shaft H is wheel Jfattached to or rigidly connected with the drive-wheel A, so that the shaft H may be revolved by the advance of the machine.

, To the inner ends of the arms or bars G are attached, or upon them are formed, pins or lugs K, to'

' .To the short shaft N is, rigidly attached a-lev'er, P,

which extends up into such a position that it maybe conveniently reached and operated by the driver ii'om- 1 his seat E. c g I By this construction, by operating the lever P, the rear ends of the-pivoted arms or bars G will be raised,

forming part of this specifica- I I keyed a small gear-wheel, I, the teeth of which mesh into the teeth of the large gearwhich'moverncutwill raise and move forward the shaft H,'throwing the gear-wheel I outof gear --wit -h the 1 gear-wheel J, allowing the machine to be drawnforward or turned around without operatingthe dropping device.

tached to the bar0.- This construction enables the sired.

S are the seed-hoppers, the lower parts of which are made large and deep, and through the middle part-s iu'gs in the middle parts of the sidesof the, said hopbyand with the rise and fall 'of thesaid shaft H.

, The hoppers S are. connected with each other, and held in their proper relative positions by a bar, -T,.

the hoppers-VS, as shown in figs. 1 and 2.

* detachable manner.

In the sides of the wheels U are formed recesses, 'u, to receive the seed from the upper parts of the hoppers 'S, and convey'it to the lower parts of said'hoppers, whence it falls to the grounth The size of the recesses u is adjusted according to lap each other, and which are 'detachably secured-in the bottoms of the said recesses a, so that they may thinner ones, as may be required. W are brushes-attached to the rear side of the hop pers S, in such positions as to bearagainst the rear seed from being carried out by said wheels than enough to fill the dropping recesses.

The rear sidesof the hoppers S are'cut away, and in the openings thusformed are placed pieces of glass, -X, as shown in fig. 3, so that the driver, from his seat, can always see whetherthe seed is being dropped properly.

to receive the seed. The plows Z are made broad, and their side edges inclined, as shown in figs. 2and To the lever P is pivoted a pawl, Q, the engaging. I end of which takes hold of the teeth of the curved ratchet-bar R, the lower end of which is rigidly atmachine to be held out of gear as long as may be deof which passes the. shaft H, which revolves in bear pers, so that the hoppers-may be raised and lowered which is adj ustably attached. to the forward sides of,

- The hoppers Sare also connected with the frame of the machine by the chains Y, the upper-ends of which' the size of the seed and the amount to be dropped at a time by semicircular disks, c, the ends of which over-- be conveniently detached and replaced by thicker or 7 sidejof the dropping-wheels-U,-and prevent any morev Tothe lower endof' the forward sides'of the hop-, pers S are attached plows, Z, for opening the furrows 3, to open fnrrows'of such a width and form as to receive all the seed that drops from the wheels U through the lowerparts of the hoppers S. i

To the lower end of the rear side-of each of the hoppers S are attached two hoe-shaped coverers, A, as shown in figs. 1, 2, 3, which are designed to turn the sides of the furrows inward, and cover the seed.

The rear ends of each pair of coverers A are at a little distance apart, and, directly opposite the said space, revolves a roller, B, which presses the soil down upon the seed, and the-journals of which revolve in bearings'in arms or brackets G, formed upon or at-' tached to the shanks of the hoes or eoverers A, or to the rear side of the hoppers S.

D is an arm, the forward'end of which is attached to the cross-bar D, and the rear part of which, at a point a little in the rear of the rear parts of the wheels A, is bent upward at. right angles, and to vits .npper end is pivoted the end of the rod or bar E, which has a cross-bar, F, attached to its free end, and is made of such a'length that it maybe turned down upon either side of the machine to ,mark the ground, and serve as a guide to the-driver, so that the seed may be planted in accurate check row.

G is a handwheel, attached to the shaft H, to enable the driver, to adjust the dropping-wheels when setting in at the side of the field, so that the planting 'Inay he done in exact check row.

tries M, shaft N, and leverP with the pivoted bars G,

to which the shaft H is pivoted, and with the bars G,

for the purpose of raising and lowering the shaft H and hoppers S, to throw the machine out of and into gear, substantially as herein shown and described.

WILLIAM M. MEYERS.

Witnesses:

OPB. GASTON, J. W. Mavens. 

